Friday, July 25, 2014

The 100 Most Influential Wine Peeps on Social Media (Mid-2014)

The Wine Wankers, based in Australia, issued a new list with “100 Most Influential Wine Peeps on Social Media”. Initially, they had limited the list to the top 50 but eventually expanded it to 100.

Starting point for the exercise were the lists produced by VinePair and The Wine Hub. The Wine Wankers: After reviewing these two lists I decided to create a couple of lists of my own using the well accepted influence rankings of Klout and also the rankings of the second most widely accepted agency, that being Kred. My two lists not only include individuals, they also include wine entities and organisations involved in wine media. So, here are the 75 most influential wine entities on the net as at mid July 2014. .... Now the top 100 I’ve had many responses to this post and based on the feedback the list has become the top 100. Unless there’s been a major omission there will not be any further change and the list will remain at 100… it’s a good number for the list and I think it is now very comprehensive. I was pointed to two further sources, the Wikipedia list of wine personalities and the Vintank most important blogger list. I researched the two links (and the associated comments) and discovered that although some people made the cut there were many that didn’t. It just proves again that internet and social media influence is a new world of wine and many well known wine identities don’t have a strong enough presence to make the lists. Maybe they don’t care, and so be it.

So, here are the 100 most influential wine entities on the net as at mid July 2014.

KLOUT RANKINGS

KRED RANKINGS

Rank

Wine Entity

Score

Rank

Wine Entity

Score1

Score2

1

Wine Spectator

87

1

Ken “alawine” Waggoner

951

10

2

Jancis Robinson

84

2

The Wine Wankers

922

9

3

Decanter Magazine

82

3

The Drinks Business Magazine

914

7

4

Tim Atkin

81

4

Jancis Robinson

905

7

Jamie Goode

81

5

Rick Bakas

904

9

6

The Wine Wankers

80

6

Wine Spectator

904

5

Reverse Wine Snob

80

7

Reverse Wine Snob

898

9

Alder Yarrow

80

8

Randall Grahm

895

8

9

Snooth

78

9

Decanter Magazine

895

6

10

The Wine Hub

77

10

Cliff Brown

893

9

Randall Grahm

77

11

Wine Enthusiast

890

7

12

Andre Ribeirinho

76

12

Wine Twits

889

8

13

Wine Folly

74

13

Tim Atkin

887

8

Wine Harlots

74

14

Eric Asimov

885

7

15

Paul Mabray

72

15

Jamie Goode

882

8

Marilena Barbera

72

16

Olly Smith

874

8

Fabien Lainé

72

17

Wine Harlots

870

8

Dusan Jelic

72

18

The Wine Hub

868

8

Magnus Reuterdahl

72

19

1 Wine Dude

860

9

20

Ken “alawine” Waggoner

71

20

Palate Xposure

850

9

Russ Beebe

71

21

Natalie MacLean

846

8

Ilkka Sirén

71

22

Robert Joseph

842

8

23

Sip on This Juice

70

23

Wine Folly

840

8

Ana Sofia Oliveira

70

24

Snooth

835

6

Emmanuel Delmas

70

25

Andre Ribeirinho

823

8

Vincent Pétré

70

26

Dusan Jelic

818

8

Robert Joseph

70

27

Bruised Grape

816

9

Robert McIntosh

70

28

Robert Parker Jnr

816

3

The Drinks Business Magazine

70

29

Sip on This Juice

815

9

30

Grape Friend

69

30

Will Lyons

815

8

Rick Bakas

69

31

Robert McIntosh

814

8

32

Julie Brosterman

67

32

Dr Vino

814

7

John Corcoran

67

33

James Suckling

804

7

Andrea Petrini

67

34

Paul Mabray

802

8

Peter Handzus

67

35

Twe Sommelier

799

8

Wine Sisterhood

67

Wine Library

799

8

Jameson Fink

67

37

Emmanuel Delmas

798

8

Meg Maker

67

38

Magnus Reuterdahl

796

9

Jasmine Hirsch

67

39

Alder Yarrow

794

6

40

Clayton Bahr

66

40

Lenn Thompson

793

9

Wine Twits

66

41

Marilena Barbera

793

8

Simon Woolf

66

42

Meg Maker

792

8

Elisabetta Tosi

66

43

Russ Beebe

788

8

Eric Asimov

66

Evan Dawson

788

8

45

Wine Enthusiast

65

45

Oz Clarke

788

6

1 Wine Dude

65

46

Wine Sisterhood

787

8

Ryan Opaz

65

Enobytes Wine

787

8

Wine Consumer Magazine

65

48

Michelle Williams

786

9

Mario Scheuermann

65

49

Jameson Fink

786

8

Giampiero Nadali

65

50

Erik Johnson

785

8

51

Wine Walkabout

64

51

David White

785

7

Lynton Manuel

64

52

Marcy Gordon

784

8

Twe Sommelier

64

Leslie Hartley-Sbrocco

784

8

Gwendolyn Alley

64

54

Alice Feiring

784

7

Ralf Kaiser

64

55

John Corcoran

784

5

Wisequeen Donna Jackson

64

56

The Academic Wino

783

8

David White

64

57

Vincent Pétré

782

8

Debra Meiburg

64

Wine Compass

782

8

Erik Johnson

64

59

Debra Meiburg

782

7

60

Robert Parker Jnr

63

60

The Drunken Cyclist

779

8

The Drunken Cyclist

63

61

Tom Wark

777

6

Travelling Corkscrew

63

62

Travelling Corkscrew

773

8

The Academic Wino

63

63

Talia Baiocchi

773

7

Adam Japko

63

64

Jason Solanki

772

8

Natalie MacLean

63

65

Mark Oldman

772

7

Christian Schiller

63

66

Andrea Gori

771

8

Will Lyons

63

67

Grape Friend

771

7

Olly Smith

63

68

Ryan Opaz

770

7

Tom Wark

63

69

Wine Searcher

769

6

70

Wine Searcher

62

60

Adam Japko

768

7

Dr Vino

62

Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan MW

768

7

Andrea Gori

62

72

Hudson Valley Wine Goddess

767

8

Cliff Brown

62

Ilkka Sirén

767

8

Lenn Thompson

62

Clayton Bahr

767

8

Mark Oldman

62

Peter Handzus

767

8

Talia Baiocchi

62

Magnus Ericsson

767

8

Peter Liem

62

50 States of Wine

766

8

78

Michelle Williams

61

78

Christian Schiller

763

8

Frankie Cook

61

79

Fabien Lainé

763

7

Wine Compass

61

Vinogger

763

7

Hudson Valley Wine Goddess

61

81

Jasmine Hirsch

762

7

50 States of Wine

61

82

Wine Walkabout

758

8

Magnus Ericsson

61

83

Elisabetta Tosi

756

7

84

Oz Clarke

60

84

Richard Jennings

754

6

Bruised Grape

60

85

Tristan Fairbanks

752

8

Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan MW

60

86

Peter Liem

752

3

Palate Xposure

60

87

Julie Brosterman

747

7

Alice Feiring

60

88

Gwendolyn Alley

743

7

Brett Jones

60

Frankie Cook

743

7

James Suckling

60

90

Simon Woolf

742

7

Enobytes Wine

60

Jeb Dunnuck

742

7

Evan Dawson

60

92

Wisequeen Donna Jackson

739

8

Leslie Hartley-Sbrocco

60

93

Brett Jones

735

6

Richard Jennings

60

94

Ralf Kaiser

733

7

95

Vinogger

59

95

Mario Scheuermann

730

7

Wine Library

59

96

Andrea Petrini

727

6

Jeb Dunnuck

59

97

Giampiero Nadali

722

6

Tristan Fairbanks

59

98

Wine Consumer Magazine

642

5

99

Jason Solanki

58

99

Ana Sofia Oliveira

632

5

100

Marcy Gordon

56

100

Lynton Manuel

609

4

Klout and Kred

About Klout - Klout uses various networks to measure influence including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Wikipedia, Instagram, Bing, Google+, Tumblr, Foursquare, YouTube, Blogger, WordPress, Last.fm, Yammer and Flickr to derive a score out of 100. Apparently a score of 63 puts you in the top 1-5% of all entities rated.

Picture: Christian G.E. Schiller and Dr. Vino in Rioja, Spain

About Kred - Kred only measures social media influence derived from Twitter and Facebook. It has 2 scores, one out of 1000 measuring social media influence and one out of 12 measuring outreach, ie how “social” an entity really is. Apparently a score over 750 puts you in the top 1% and a score over 800 puts you in the top 0.1% of all entities on social media.

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I live in the greater Washington DC (US) and Frankfurt am Main (Germany) areas and write about wine. I am a member of the FIJEV (International Federation of Wine and Spirits Journalists and Writers). Before starting to write about wine in 2009, I was for almost 30 years an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). I am currently in Washington DC.